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CLEP Analyzing And Interpreting Literature

Subjects : clep, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person - place - thing or event that has meaning in itself and also stands for something more than itself.






2. A short saying with a moral.






3. A concrete representation of a sense impression - a feeling - or an idea.






4. A four line stanza in a poem.






5. A type of form or structure in poetry characterized by regularity and consistency in such elements as rhyme - line length - and metrical pattern.






6. The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.






7. The person who 'tells' the story.






8. The idea of a literary work abstracted from its details of language - character - and action - and cast in the form of a generalization.






9. The main character of a literary work.






10. A figure of speech in which a closely related term is substituted for an object or idea.






11. A form of language in which writers and speakers mean exactly what their words denote.






12. The way people speak in various parts of the country or around the world.






13. A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas - characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.






14. A figure of speech in which a part of something represents its whole.






15. A strong pause within a line.






16. The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose.






17. The grammatical order of words in a sentence or line of verse or dialogue.






18. The measured pattern of rhyhtmic accents in poems.






19. A metrical foot represented by two stressed syllables.






20. Two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable.






21. An imagined story - whether in prose - poetry - or drama.






22. What a story or play is about.






23. A brief witty poem - often satirical.






24. Refers to a writers use of language - including the use of literary techniques - word choice - and sentence structure - that sets one writer apart from another.






25. A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as 'like' or 'as'.






26. A story passed down over generations that is believed to be based on real events and real people.






27. Words spoken by one character in a play - either directly to the audience or to another character - that the other characters supposedly do not hear.






28. Smaller units of plays that are broken down.






29. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. It represents the point of greatest tension in the work.






30. A metrical unit composed of stressed an unstressed syllables.






31. The traditional beliefs and customsof a group of people that have been passed down orally.






32. The use of similar structure to express similar or related ideas - words - phrases - sentences - or paragraphs may be organized in a parallel structure.






33. The difference between what is expected and what actually happens.






34. A figure of speech in which an abstract concept or an absent or imaginary person is directly addressed.






35. A figure of speech in which an inanimate object animal - or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.






36. The matching of final vowel or consonant sounds in two or more words.






37. A three-line stanza.






38. The character or force with which the protagonist conflicts.






39. The resolution of the plot of a literarture work.






40. The selection of words in a literary work.






41. The difference between what a chracter says and what he/she means.






42. Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or story.






43. The series of events that make up a story or drama.






44. The narrator is outside of the story and is all-knowing or 'God-like' because he/she knows everything that occurs and everything that each character thinks and feels.






45. A figure of speech in which two things are compared using 'like' or 'as'.






46. Prose writing about real people - places - and events.






47. A character struggles with himself/herself and his/her opposing needs.






48. A six-line unit of verse constituting a stanza or section of a poem.






49. The difference between what the character or the reader expects what the character or the reader expects and what actually happens.






50. The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and acharacters of a work.